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Taste Like Fruitcake Cookies Recipe

Taste Like Fruitcake Cookies

Recipe courtesy Vivian D. Grover

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  • on February 01, 2007

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    My family LOVES these. Used extra cake mix as directed. Thy turned out great. Also take out of oven 1-2 minutes.

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  • on January 09, 2007

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    I thought the butter flavored Crisco gave it too much of a greasy taste. Not cookie/cake enough. Too sweet. Did not like it. Would not make them again

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  • on December 27, 2006

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    I just love fruit cake cookies. Once I gave some to my neighbors all of them wanted me to cook them for christmas. So I made 9 dozen and gave them all away. Thank you for the awesome recipe.

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  • on December 21, 2006

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    There's no way this recipe could be right. I looked on another site and found the proportions 1 c butter or margerine to TWO boxes of cake mix, 3 eggs, then fruit & nuts. I saw another that had 1/2 c fat to 1 full box of mix. Hope this helps!

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  • on December 17, 2006

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    I too had a greasy flat mess on the first batch (but they got eaten at my house. The second batch, I used 2 jiffy
    cake mixes and 1/4 cup oil (I googled cookies made with cake mix
    perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • on December 16, 2006

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    Easy to prepare, ingredients can be varied with no problems, and cookies are really chewy and sweet.

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  • on December 15, 2006

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    Imade these cookies and they turned out terrible. They tasted ok, but the texture was lik dust. They made terrible drop cookies so I finally put all of the dough in a jelly roll pan and baked them as bar cookies. We ended up throwing the entire batch in the trash. Even my husband, who will eat practically anything hated them.

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  • on December 11, 2006

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    I made this recipe ammended as another reviewer suggested: 1 1/4 c cake mix, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1 egg. I added high quality dried fruit and walnuts, using the traditional fruitcake fruit for decoration only. They made a soft, chewy cookie that we did enjoy (if you like fruitcake, of course. Refridgerating the dough a little before hand is the secret to preventing the cookies from spreading too much. I would recommend doubling if you plan to give these cookies as gifts.

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  • on December 05, 2006

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    She sells the cookies on her website. Of course she's not going to give out the correct recipe.

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  • on November 28, 2006

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    The recipe must be full of errors. The butter flavored shortening is just horrible.

    After the first batch of cookies ran across the cookie sheet I added the rest of the cake mix, doubled the nuts and fruit and added pumkin pie spice.

    Still, the cookies were very crispy and while my husband ate them, they fell apart as you tried to eat them.

    This recipe is one to toss.

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